cardiac valve granulocytic sarcoma infiltration as an complicating acute myelogenous leukemia: a case report

Granulocytic sarcoma of the breast preceding acute myelogenous leukemia: a case report.

We report a case of granulocytic sarcoma presented as a recurrent breast tumor in a 42-year-old woman with no history of leukemia. The case was initially diagnosed as malignant lymphoma on a previous biopsy specimen and she refused chemotherapy. At the time of recurrence of the breast tumor, the patient showed full-blown features of leukemia. This case of rare tumor suggests that differential d...

Chloroma/Granulocytic Sarcoma: Abdominal & Pelvic Presentation of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

There is limited literature documenting granulocytic sarcoma of the colon. We report a case of a 28 year-old female with a colonic granulocystic sarcoma of the colon as a complication of AML, as it is an important consideration with surgical management of typhilitis.

Spinal epidural granulocytic sarcoma preceding acute myelogenous leukemia.

A rare case of spinal epidural granulocytic sarcoma (GS) preceding acute myelogenous leukemia is described. A 10-year-old boy presented with lower leg weakness. The initial diagnosis was a histiocytic lymphoma, and he was treated accordingly. No evidence of bone marrow involvement was found at that time. The correct diagnosis of epidural GS was made possible in retrospect by using immunoperoxid...

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Presenting as Granulocytic Sarcoma (Chloroma) of the Tongue: A Case Report

Ovarian granulocytic sarcoma as the primary manifestation of acute myelogenous leukemia.

Granulocytic sarcoma (GS) usually occurs concomitantly with or after the onset of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or other myeloproliferative disorders, however, GS of the ovary as the primary manifestation of AML is exceedingly rare. To the best of our knowledge, eight cases of ovarian GS as the first sign of AML have been reported in the literature. Here, we report the ninth case: a 27-year-old ...

Familial Acute Myelogenous Leukemia: Report of Three Cases

Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is a hematological malignancy, which accounts for about 15-25% of childhood's leukemia. Genetic factor is one of the most important predisposing elements in childhood acute leukemia, especially AML. In this case report, a rare presentation of familial AML is presented in three monozygotic triplets. Two were 10 months old, and the other one was 16 months old at p...